Packers players and staff from Ohio: DBs coach Ryan Downard is from Lima, Ohio…Senior personnel executive Lee Gissendaner is from Akron, Ohio, and attended Stow-Munroe Falls High School in Stow, Ohio…T/G Darian Kinnard was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and attended Saint Ignatius (Cleveland) for his last three years of high school… Packers players and staff who played college football in Ohio: DL Karl Brooks played at Bowling Green from 2018-22…Senior assistant Luke Getsy played at Akron from 2005-06…Offensive quality control coach Rob Grosso played at John Carroll from 2011-13…Passing game coordinator Jason Vrable played at Marietta from 2003-06…Packers coaches who have coached in Ohio: Head coach Matt LaFleur was the offensive coordinator at Ashland University in 2007…Defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley was the co-defensive coordinator/secondary coach at Ohio State in 2019…Vrable was the QBs coach at Marietta College in 2007…Downard was a graduate assistant at Toledo in 2013…Downard spent two seasons at Bowling Green, serving as the director of football operations (2016) and the safeties coach (2017)…LBs coach Sean Duggan was a graduate assistant at Ohio State in 2019…Assistant defensive line coach Vince Oghobaase was a graduate assistant at Ohio State from 2013-15…Defensive quality control coach Jamael Lett was a graduate assistant at Ohio in 2016…Lett was the secondary coach at Akron in 2020…Getsy was a graduate assistant at Akron from 2007-08…RBs coach Ben Sirmans served in the same role at Kent State from 2000-04…Grosso was a student coaching/recruiting assistant at John Caroll from 2014-15…Packers with connections to Ohio: President & chief executive officer Ed Policy is from Youngstown, Ohio…Policy’s father, Carmen, served as president & CEO of the Browns from 1998-04…Director of performance psychology and team behavioral health clinician Dr. Chris Carr worked at Ohio State from 1995-2000… Packers TE Luke Musgrave’s uncle, Bill Musgrave, is the QBs coach for the Browns…Browns with connections to Wisconsin: Assistant strength and conditioning coach Ty Taylor spent four seasons at Wisconsin in the same role (2020-23)…DT Shelby Harris is from Milwaukee and attended Homestead High School in Mequon, Wis. …Harris played for Wisconsin in 2009…Former Browns: Hafley was the DBs coach for the Browns from 2014-15…Downard was a defensive assistant for the Browns from 2014-15… Assistant director of college scouting Patrick Moore spent five seasons as a scout for the Browns (2013-17)…Scouting coordinator Dan Zegers worked for the Browns from 2018-25, serving as the personnel coordinator (2018-19) and as an area scout (2020-24)…Former Packers: Browns limited partner Charles Woodson played for the Packers from 2006-12…Assistant general manager/VP of player personnel Glenn Cook served as a pro scout for the Packers from 2012-15…Senior college scouting advisor Shaun Herock worked for the Packers for 19 years (1993-2011), including 11 years as the assistant director of college scouting (2001-11)…National scout Matt Donahoe was a summer scouting intern with the Packers in 2012…Player development coordinator Anthony Fabiano spent time on Green Bay’s practice squad in 2020…P Corey Bojorquez played for the Packers in 2021…Notable NFL connections: LaFleur was the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams in 2017, where he worked with Browns T Cornelius Lucas… LaFleur was the Tennessee Titans’ offensive coordinator in 2018, where he worked with Browns T Jack Conklin… Packers DL Micah Parsons was teammates with Browns FS Damontae Kazee with the Dallas Cowboys in 2021… Vrable and Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz were on the Buffalo Bills’ coaching staff in 2014…Getsy was the Chicago Bears’ offensive coordinator in 2022-23 when Browns G Teven Jenkins played there…Packers K Brandon McManus crossed paths with Browns QB Joe Flacco, Harris, WR Jerry Jeudy and Bill Musgrave during his time with the Denver Broncos (2014-22)…Packers TEs coach John Dunn was on the N.Y. Jets’ coaching staff when Flacco played there in 2020…Packers RB Josh Jacobs and Browns WR DeAndre Carter were teammates in 2023 with the Las Vegas Raiders…Packers QBs coach Sean Mannion played for the Minnesota Vikings in 2019 when Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski was the Vikings’ offensive coordinator…Packers DL coach/run game coordinator DeMarcus Covington, Browns special teams coordinator Bubba Ventrone and passing game coordinator/WRs coach Chad O’Shea were on the New England Patriots’ coaching staff in 2017…Mannion crossed paths with Browns LB Devin Bush and C Ethan Pocic during his time playing with the Seattle Seahawks from 2021-23…Packers QB Malik Willis played for the Tennessee Titans when Schwartz was on the coaching staff from 2021-22…Browns DL coach Jacques Cesaire played for the San Diego Chargers when Packers assistant head coach/special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia was on the Chargers’ coaching staff in 2011…Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich and Hafley coached on the San Francisco 49ers’ staff with Browns LBs coach Jason Tarver in 2017…Notable college connections: Jacobs and S Xavier McKinney were teammates with Browns RB Jerome Ford and Jeudy at Alabama…Bill Musgrave worked with Packers RB Chris Brooks for two seasons (2020-21) when he was the offensive coordinator/QBs coach at California… Packers DL Rashan Gary and Bush played together at Michigan from 2016-18…Packers G Aaron Banks played for Notre Dame from 2017-20 when Browns offensive coordinator Tommy Rees was on the coaching staff… Getsy was teammates with Flacco at Pittsburgh from 2003-04…Packers WR Matthew Golden, DL Barryn Sorrell and Browns WR Isaiah Bond played together at Texas in 2024… Packers OL Zach Tom and Browns TE Blake Whiteheart were teammates at Wake Forest from 2018-21.
